Theo Epstein Quotes

In my career, if you follow my career and watched everything that I've ever done from the time I was in high school to where I'm at now, I've always been able to reach the pinnacle. In football, I was able to win championships and go to bowl games in college, be an All-American linebacker, and there were a lot of things I was able to accomplish.

I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream.

I want to win trophies and contribute as much as I can.

I want to be M.V.P. one day. But for me, it's all about championships.

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship.

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

I've been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving.

I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.

My mind became so frazzled by the end of the 1974 season that I decided the thing to do was give up playing for England and concentrate on Yorkshire. I felt the only way to succeed was to captain and play every match for Yorkshire.

Thank you for 40 years in this industry, because I loved it.

I've been in the business for so long that I don't sit home and look at my awards.

I contribute in many different ways to the team. I've played a hell of a lot of games in my career, and you can stake any argument on the stats.

As a competitor, you're always taught that you want win championships. You want to put yourself in the best place to do that.

To me, there's no honor to say, 'I'm going to start.' As long as you're getting minutes, you're closing games, that shows more of the value to the team than to say you're a starter.

My team at Pittsburgh is the greatest example of unselfishness and giving of oneself. They bought into that, and it's brought those kids championships, and it's brought all those kids so much glory.

I've held the title for years and years.

I've been with some great teams and had good wins and great success at certain periods of time in my career.